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… #SFSW16: Why the ‘Gig Economy’ Is Not The Future of Work June 7, 2016 by Stephanie Miles Leave a Comment Filed Under: #SFSW16, News In a morning keynote at Street Fight Summit West in San Francisco on Tuesday, Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta discussed the challenges facing skilled professionals and long-term trends within the service sector…

… VP of Product Upserve has hired a new VP of product, Rosie Atkins. The timing is interesting since Upserve recently acquired Breadcrumb (Groupon’s POS business unit) — Atkins was most recently the senior director of product at Breadcrumb while the company was with Groupon. OpenTable Brings on LinkedIn Exec Prasad Gune was hired by OpenTable…

…. Thumbtack is not alone in examining small business sentiment. Yelp released its first annual Small Business Pulse Survey this week. Based a far smaller sample of 901 companies that counted themselves as Yelp members, it uncovered a highly positive outlook for 2016: 85 percent of respondents said they expect their revenues to grow next year…

… homeowners with local home service professionals. Unlike a traditional directory of business listings, a matching platform collects information about a consumer’s hiring need and presents a handful of professionals that best fit those specific parameters. Thumbtack just raised $125 million for its matching service; Porch and Angie’s List have pivoted…

… when they have more options (and are more mobile) than ever. Is Nextdoor Local Media’s Next Disruptor? (LinkedIn Pulse) Gordon Borrell: After a phone conversation with co-founder and CEO Nirav Tolia, I’m beginning to wonder if Nextdoor might be poised to disrupt community newspapers. Now that the social network covers half of all U.S…

… Seemingly not a day goes by that we don’t hear news about a company claiming to be the Uber of its particular niche. Two of the seven companies we highlighted in last week’s Raise Report (Urgent.ly and Thumbtack) fall into the burgeoning “on-demand” category. One (Thumbtack) now belongs to the increasingly less exclusive cadre of “unicorns…

wsj.com - Walt Disney is considering demand-based pricing at its domestic theme parks, making tickets cost extra or come with more restrictions during peak times like weekends and cost less on slower days.

… capabilities. Premise gathers data through crowdsourcing: Individuals living in developing countries get paid for reporting prices of everyday items with their smartphones, a model that has great potential for growth as smartphones become ubiquitous in across the developing world. September 29: Urgent.ly raises $7 million so you don’t get stuck roadside…

… (Reuters) Airbnb is expected to double its nightly bookings this year, a sign that the home and room renting site’s battles with regulators have yet to dent its rapid global growth. Blue Calypso Settles Suit, Rolls Out Tech with Yelp (Dallas Business Journal) Yelp and Blue Calypso, a mobile solutions developer, have entered into an agreement…

… The news that on-demand home cleaning service Homejoy is shutting down at the end of the month probably doesn’t come as a big surprise to those paying attention to the hyperlocal space. Recent departures on the managing team, a rumored failed acquisition attempt, and lawsuits that potentially undermine their model’s viability were pretty clear…

The recent spate of worker misclassification lawsuits against on-demand service companies appears to have claimed its first victim, with home-cleaning company Homejoy announcing Friday that it planned to close.

… are some tips on successfully navigating both. Why ‘Buy’ Buttons Will Pose Big Challenges for Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter (Recode) Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter are all planning on developing direct-shopping “Buy” buttons, but there are plenty of hurdles. Among the challenges these Goliaths face is integrating inventory…

… on how to engage modern audiences. They come from media executives who have demonstrated they know how to do it, and have been assembled by the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. Google Capital-Backed Thumbtack Hit With Manual Action For Unnatural Links (Search Engine Land) Thumbtack, a service professionals hiring…